- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Bill Lowery
- Date of Original:
- 1924/2004
- Subject:
- Disc jockeys--Georgia--Atlanta
Sound recording executives and producers--Georgia--Atlanta
Sound recording industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Music publishers--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Lowery, Bill, 1924-2004 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Bill Lowery began his career in Atlanta as a disc jockey and broadcaster for Georgia Tech football games at radio station WGST in 1948. His weekly programs at the station included Musical Tune and Uncle Ebenezer Brown.
Photograph of Bill Lowery standing behind a microphone. Standing in front of a curtain, he smiles and faces forward. The microphone is emblazoned with the call letters "WGST."
Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/bill-lowery-1924-2004/m-9913/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/bill-lowery-1924-2004
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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